Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 9 , Pages 618-622 , September 2009

Changes in tuberculin sensitivity among first-grade students of elementary schools in Evros, Greece due to immigration

  • E. Mantadakis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Democritus University of Thrace, Thrace, Greece
    • Department of Paediatrics, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece
    • ,
  • V. Arvanitidou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Democritus University of Thrace, Thrace, Greece
    • Department of Paediatrics, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece
    • ,
  • A. Tsalkidis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Democritus University of Thrace, Thrace, Greece
    • Department of Paediatrics, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece
    • ,
  • A. Ramatani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece
    • ,
  • E. Triantafillidou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece
    • ,
  • G. Trypsianis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Democritus University of Thrace, Thrace, Greece
    • ,
  • V. Dipla

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece
    • ,
  • S. Thomaidis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece
    • ,
  • D. Bouros

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumonology, Democritus University of Thrace, Thrace, Greece
    • ,
  • A. Chatzimichael

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Democritus University of Thrace, Thrace, Greece
    • Department of Paediatrics, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Democritus University of Thrace and University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, 6th Kilometer Alexandroupolis-Makris, 68 100 Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece. Tel.: +30 25510 74429; fax: +30 25510 74428.

Received 8 December 2008 ,Revised 16 April 2009 ,Accepted 9 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.07.003

Public Health
Volume 123, Issue 9 , Pages 618-622 , September 2009

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